Community sales and programs fill Maine town calendar
A weekend art and craft sale runs Saturday from 11 to 4 with cooked food on sale to fund hall repairs chaired by Mrs. William Blaisdell. WPOR will air a morning music program featuring Walter J. Snipe at 6:30 with Morse of Cumberland. Local clubs meet for plans on Open House, Youth Center, and P T A events. center post office hours shift to Saturdays. many personal notices and visits are noted across Bath, Phippsburg, and Winneganee communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee
William Blaisdell
Walter J. Snipe
Snipe
WPOR
Re Morse
Cumberland
Macy Whitehead
Eveinneyance P. T. A
Donald Williams
Norman MacDonald
Edward Williams
Charles Hart
MacDonald
Hart
John G. Morse, Jr
Center Post Office
Center P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Bodwell Grange
Crusade For Freedom
Europe
Maine
Bath Students Attend University of Maine Enrollments Rise
Thirty-one Bath residents are enrolled at the University of Maine this Fall as classes enter their 73rd year. Total enrollment will exceed 3,600 with 1,009 seniors 747 juniors 713 sophomores and 844 freshmen. Numerous veterans of World War II are among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
University of Maine
Maine
State University
Sagadahoc County
Elizabeth H. Burgess
John G. Wishart
Duveen R. Bryant
William E. Bennett
Marilyn E. Towne
Blaine E. Trafton
Donald A. Spear
Mary E. Lermond
Richard J. la
Martha A. Pratt
George E. Bryant
Donald M. Povich
Frank W. Danforth, Jr
Arthur M. Bowker
Fernand Bolduc
William R. Donnell
Bowdeinham
Richard D. Babb
Dana W. Small
Bryce W. McEwen
Frank M. Adams
Clayton G. Mitchell
Parker Head
Lorraine Sheffield
Richmond
Dorothy E. Patten
Norma J. McCormick
Elaine W. Gilpatrick
Wilbur A. Cooper
Harold C. Plummer
Topsham
William L. White, Jr
Nald O. Wilson
Eric R. Doughty
Alfred A. Gagnon
Roy 0Aul Flaig
Norman C. Wakely
Rob ere couple spend summer in Bath with Mrs Ethel May
Mr and Mrs Harold C Rob ere reside in Gulfport Florida and pass their summer with Mrs Ethel May at 82 Pine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Robere
Gulfport
Fla
Bath
Ethel May
Pine Street
Parker Head P T A Meeting and Community Notes
A busy Parker Head area notes meeting of the P T A with Mrs Eugene Ross, chairmanship changes, and forthcoming Oct 26 gathering. The piece also lists local visits, housing and business updates, Halloween plans, family travel, and residents attending events in Brunswick, Pownal, Bebasco, and West Baldwin.
Municipal Court Guilty Plea After Assault Case
Raymond C Merrill of Noble Avenue pleaded guilty to assault and battery against Mary McKenzie on Upper High Street. He was fined 15 dollars plus costs. a second warrant for intoxication led to a 5 dollar fine and 5.15 dollars costs. Officers Newell and Leask investigated. An additional intoxication case resulted in 5 dollar fine and 5.35 dollars costs for another defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Merrill
Noble Avenue
Mary McKenzie
Upper High Street
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Edward Newell
Bertram Leask
Mrs Curtis and son Visit Cobb Road Relatives in Searsport
Mrs. Fred H. Curtis Jr. and her son Gary of Searsport arrive Wednesday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Max Kutz on Cobb road during a family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Curtis, Jr
Gary
Searsport
Max Kutz
Cobb Road
Cosmopolitan Club Fashion Show At Morse Auditorium
The Cosmopolitan club schedules a Fall fashion show and clothes clinic at Morse High School auditorium on Friday Oct 6. Proceeds help Memorial Hospital's children ward with professional models, entertainment, and a ramps-enabled parade to highlight outfits and budget buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Morse High School
Memorial Hospital
Audrey King
Cosmopolitan
Granville Colby
Frank Saunders
James Knight
Carl Pierce
Minnie White
Edward B. Hamblett
Sumner Sewall
Emerton Gross
Maurice Hutchins
Joseph I. Smith
Delen Bonsey
Harold Fish
Paul Merchant
John Robbins
Fred Quimby
Charles Small
Addie Palmer
Dallas Crabtree
Abbott Redlon
Charles Messenger
Leslie Stairs
Allen Noble
Frederick Moffatt
Girard Billington
Richard Sherwood
Morris Povich
Linwood Boardman
Bernard Knight
Claude Gillette
Charles T. Small
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Ernest Bailey
District Boy Scout Meeting Called in Sagadahoc District
A Sagadahoc Boy Scout District meeting will be held next Tuesday at seven in City Hall. All sponsoring organizations must send representatives. H Rodney Brooke will preside and committees for the year will be appointed. Bernard Esty of Portland will attend. The regular monthly meeting will review upcoming months' program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
City Hall
H. Rodney Brooke
Bernard Esty
Portland
Engagement of Marilyn Longley to Robert Starling
Mr and Mrs Cyrus W Longley of 122 Court Street announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Lydia to Robert Neil Starling Bath son of Mrs William Southern Old Town The bride to be is a Morse High School graduate now at Northeastern Business School in Portland The groom to be attended Bath and South Portland schools and works at Bath Laundry No wedding date is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Canasta
Ave
Williams Court
Winnenee
High Street
Percy
James C. Gilman
Yu Hamel
Blue Ridge Mountains
Amestown
Endless Caverns
Natural Bridge
Shenandoah Valley
Westtown
Albert Baily
Providence
R. I
James Donahue
Reading
Mass
Clifford Robinson
Chester King
Winnence
Ralph Pye, Jr
Savannah
Phippsburg
Battery B
Charles Huse
Thomas Morse
Gregory
Lambert Park
Huse
Morse
Clinton Beals
Maurice Pushard
Portland
Phippsurg
Bedell Wallace
Cyrus W. Longley
Court Street
Marilyn Lydia
Robert Neil Starling
Bath
William Southern
Old Town
Miss Longley
Morse High School
Northeastern Business School
South Portland
Bath Laundry
Morse and Jackson Return to Bryant College of Business
Horace G. Morse and Richard E. Jackson returned to Bryant College of Business after visiting Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Karcher S. Jackson over the weekend at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace G. Morse
Richard E. Jackson
Bryant College of Business Act
Mr. Jackson
Mrs. Karcher S. Jackson
Clark announce birth of son John Rand at Rye Beach
Mr and Mrs Melville Clark of Rye Beach New Hampshire announce the birth of a son John Rand born Saturday morning Mrs Clark is the former Frances Clark of 1530 Washington Street Bath ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Clark
Rye Beach
N. H
John Rand
Mr. Clark
Bath
Frances Clark
Washington Street
Autumn weekend draws tourists to Popham Beach
The Indian Summer weather drew visitors to Popham Beach as foliage peaked with red, yellow and green firs. Many motorists toured the countryside while ponds dried up and deer tracks appeared at small pools. Numerous families and visitors from Bath, Brunswick, Cambridge, Dorchester and beyond spent weekends at local cottages or with friends, sharing tours to Naples Ellsworth Bar Harbor and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Rogers
Hallowell
Walter E. Sprague
John Curran
Are N. Y
Riverside
Gilbert Atwood
Bath
Emanuel Victor
Rome
Italy
Marguerite McNulty
Charles Shepard
Whitehouse
Patricia
Blanchard E. Crowley
Bristol
Conn
Guy E. Crowley
Helen Gagnon
Peter
Naples
Gagnon
Ellsworth
Old Town
Bar Harbor
Marion
Davis Cottage
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Herbert Sprague
Nancy Welch
Ned Spinney
Candy’s Harbor
Leon Fickett
New York City
Cornish
Ledgewood
Yarmouth
Frank D. Scott
Edward Williamson
Rockland
Russell Williamson
Bangor
Warren W. White
Raymond Campbell
Phippsburg Center
Alice Ross
Auburn
Ralph Small
Pine Eden
Coxs Head Visiting Note Includes Local Travel
A stream of local residents made weekend trips and visits to family and cottages around Bath and surrounding areas. Mr and Mrs Martin F Good and Mrs Edith Perkins motored to Lisbon Falls while others visited Rockland Matinicus and Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin F. Goodwin
Edith Perkins
Lisbon Falls
Charles W. Messenger
Bath
Sarah Wilbur
Rockland Manady
Vernon Philbrook
Matinicus
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Mass
James Moore
Middleton
Hannaford
Laurence Thayer
Stephen
Jane
Kenneth Wallace
West Point
Sewall C. Moore
Sadie Carlson
Lena Helm
Edward P. Thomas
George Stacey
Ernest Wood
Little Cox's Head
Earle B. Perkins
Cranberry Point
Percrest
Richard Percy
Port Clye
Parker Head
M. F. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Unlicensed hunting case continued for Donnell
Raymond L Donnell of Bath faced an unlicensed hunting charge brought by Inland Fish and Game Warden John St. Peter of Brunswick. The matter was continued to October 7 for hearing before Judge Gardiner R. Deering at Municipal Court with Donnell posting $100 as appearance bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L Donnell
Bath
John St. Peter
Brunswick
Gardiner R. Deering
Donnell
Bay Point Fog Keeps Moon Twilight Quiet and Local News
Fog along the coast and smoke from Alberta fires dimmed moonlight during a Monday eclipse. Bay Point residents note a quiet spell for fishermen with few crabs. The community mourns Helena Stewart who died in September and recalls her frequent Bay Point visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navajo Gardens
Bath
Bay Point
Alberta
Canada
Helena Stewart
Stewart
Kennebec Point
Sumner Mains
Coast Guard
Bay Pointers
Eugene Foster
Bath Water Co
Foster
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
George Knights
Richmond
Abbot
Lower Newton Falls
Mass
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Sandra Simpson
Emory Rideout
Madison, Moore
Earle Coombs
L. M. Spinney
Nina Cummings
H. S. Keen
East Hempstead
N. Y
Howard Garrett
Shoppers and hospital visits mark Bath area activities
Mrs iMiam Adams and Mrs Thomas A and L W Rich shopped Friday. L W Dietrich entered Bath Memorial hospital Friday for treatment. Mrs Harry L Knight of Bath and Bay Point visited Navapo Saturday. Mrs Thomas Hagan took Dietrich to Bath Memorial hospital with Mrs Wilmer Bowen. Louisa Howard RN remains home after a July accident. Mr and Mrs H L Knight and grandson spent the weekend. Mrs Forrest Drake visited Bay Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iMiam Adams
Thomas A
L. W. Rich
L. W. Dietrich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry L. Knight
Bath and
Bay Point
Navapo
Thomas Hagan
Bath
Dietrich
Wilmer Bowen
Louisa Howard
H. L. Knight
Forrest Drake
Beneficiaries to Receive Increased Social Security Checks
Nine thousand one hundred twenty area beneficiaries will see larger September payments in the Oct. 2 mail run after amendments to the Social Security Act signed Aug. 28. Checks are issued by Treasury disbursing offices and should arrive Oct. 3 or soon after, with automatic increases for eligible recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith C. Coombs
Portland
Social Security Administration
Coombs
Treasury
Old Age Insurance Raises Monthly Benefits Across Three Counties
The new law increases monthly Old-Age and Survivors benefits with phase in figures. The local manager estimates total monthly payments of about 348 632 dollars next week and 191 118 dollars for the first period. Mr Coombs notes cooperative work by area offices Treasury disbursing offices and payee records to complete the changes for 3 000 000 beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs
Congress
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance
Treasury
Fire damages central avenue home in Hyde Park Terrace
A fire in a bedroom closet at 21 Central Avenue, home of Mr and Mrs Charles Staples, was controlled about 2 1 2 hours after a 2 2 p m call. Firefighters used two booster lines and an aerial ladder, cutting a roof hole to limit damage while the cause remains undetermined. A neighbor notified Central Fire Station and Box 323 alarm whistle malfunction hindered locating the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irs
Charles Staples
Central Avenue
Central Fire Station
Staples
Hyde Park Terrace
Montrose Woman Visits Old Bath Neighborhood
Mrs. Sylvanus Pennell of Montrose California, a former Bath resident, spent Friday visiting friends. She once ran a private kindergarten on one street now the A Mayo residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus Pennell
Montrose
Calif
Bath
Mrs Earl McFee Visited Richmond Parents This Weekend
Mrs Earl McFee of Richmond was a weekend guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Aller McBurnie on North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McFee
Richmond
Mrs
Aller McBurnie
North Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabel Mereen
Ashdale
Old Ladies’ Home
John F. Leach
Malden
John G. Leach
Leach
Peter Gagnon
Forest Legard
Warren Perry
Dudley Leavitt
John G. Morse
Winneganee
Poland Spring
T. J. Hampton
Charles Minott
Edith Wallace
Boston
Sebasco
Small Point
Stanwood Gilman
Norman Markham
Woolwich Central School
Markham
H. Macy Whitehead
Lincoln Association of Con
Mrs. Langdon Thistle
Mrs. Thurber
Keene, N. H
McFadden
S$ County
Clarence Sheffield
Parker
P.T.A
Eugene Ross
Earl Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Earl Hamel
Herbert Doughty
H. D. Mank
Leslie Logan
Mary Moores
Harriet Wyman
Thomas Skolfield
Clarence Skolfield
Perkins Island
Skolfields
Ramon Hamel
Ramon Jr
Miss
Hamel
Leo
Francis Lander
Hartford
Lawrence Hoyt
Sandra Mank
West Baldwin
Leslie Darling
Aree Harrington
Schenectady
George Cary
Campbell Cary
Martinsville
James C. Rea, Jr
Denver
Col
Morse Auditorium
Popham Beach
Cox
Maurice Burns
Phong
Bath, Maine
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